Bouree

Why is Suz so great?

Is it her smashing good looks, her refreshingly hilarious humor, her caring spirit, or her witty intellect? Visit Suz, and go find out what it is about her that makes you love her to death.

YP and the Hoopy Hoopsters

. Are you one hip, swinging, cat? One hell of a hoopy frood? A jazz lover by any chance? Then go visit The Jazz Cellar, where you'll find that great jazz band, YP and the Hoopy Hoopsters playing the best jazz 'till the crack of dawn. The band consists of Pierce the Pirate who plays the bouzouki, Solnushka who plays the bass, The Mystical Fish who plays the piano, clarinet, and guitar, Bumblebee who plays the woolen sock filled saxophone, One-eye who can 'sing,' ox who can sing so long as the lighting allows only her sillouhette to be seen, and Me on drums. And with a name like YP and the Hoopy Hoopsters, it's got to be good, right? Right. So come to The Jazz Cellar. You won't regret a moment of it. Trust me.

Music

Drums and Beatnik Poetry

I'm a jazz, funk, and blues drummer, and I currently play with two jazz quartets, the school jazz band, a blues band, three funk bands, and a couple completely insane Latin (Brazilian, really) bands. I also play timpani with the Concert Band and Orchestra which is great because timpani are by far the most superior percussive instruments around...

Although, the more I think about it, I can't help but remember Blue Man Group's drumbone. Now that thing rocks....

Bass

The Noise Made by People

My all-time favorite composer is Bach (I've got a bit of a Baroque fetish), but I really dig the stuff Wendy Carlos has synthesized over the years as well. The most musical band I've ever heard is the Beatles, so they're up there on the list of my favorite bands. Also on that list: Led Zeppelin, the Jimi Hendrix Experience (Mitch Mitchell is the man), and Cream...I'm into that bluesy-rock sound.

Fun

Northeastern Woodlands

I have been known to live an unusually odd lifestyle involving the mass consumption of sugar, staying awake for days on end and then painting my hallucinations on large canvases, and other various recreational activities, bicycle polo being one. The strangest part about it, though, is that it never got weird enough. When I do incredibly weird things, it may be amusing, but in my mind it's just normal, leaving me to search for weirder things that I have yet to find. Pity.

Outlook for the Quonth

I sometimes contribute to The Post and so do a lot of other great and hoopy people such as Ormondroyd, whose amazing pic (drawn by none other than the famed Amy the Ant) is the one I shamelessly swiped and placed to the left of this passage. Read their stuff and admire their illustrations. I'm sure you wouldn't help doing so anyway...

*twiddling thumbs*

If you need me I'll be boozing away at the Table. Speaking of which...

Drinks

If I'm not listening and dancing to music played at an unreasonably loud volume in the privacy of my home, at school, a party, in a recording studio, or on a stage, then you will most definately find me at The Ferret and Forelegs (don't worry, I'm just trying it on for size). I'll be the one sitting at the Maverick Table, wearing a bowler hat, quoting Umberto Eco's, Foucault's Pendulum, at the top of my lungs, and occasionally (and rather unsuccessfully) trying to spark some form of conversation with female researchers in a long and seemingly, utterly hopeless attempt to find The One. Whenever I'm there, drinks are on me, so don't be afraid to drop by, say hello, and share a drink. And if I'm not there then you can find me at The Café, enjoying a hot cup of blue java or Irish tea.

Viva Zaphoda!

There's nothing worse than a shameless commercial plug for some product or another so, for the most part, I like what the BBC has to say about URLs, though I can see where the language thing might annoy some people. In any event, go fight for greater freedom in the world of h2g2 by joining the Zaphodista Army of Cybernautic Liberation.

h2g2 Friends, Friendly Acquaintances, Pirates, Dominatrixes, Musicians, Artists, Drinkers, Book Readers, and Other Incredibly Hoopy People. Whatever it is that they may be, they are all still worth mentioning in my eyes...

Ah, yes... and the names are in absolutely no particular order, so don't feel bad or whatnot if you see yours on the lower half of the list. If you want to know the truth, though, that just means I love you more even though it really doesn't since I don't like to pick favorites. None of you probably give a s**t anyway, so just dismiss this paragraph as a useless ramble

Updation in T minus two weeks

The Semiotics Lecturing Shed

purplejenny

2Legs

Titania

Venus In Cornflowers

Freedom

Shazz

Ioreth

Monsy

Suz

The Mystical Fish

Bumblebee

St Hatifnat

Pierce the Pirate

Mistdancer

The Ever-Gorgeous Mina

also known as...

The Ever-Gorgeous Linda

Shea the Sarcastic

Amy the Ant

Pegasus

A Girl Called Ben

Gw7en

sea

Amy †

GB

Peta

Uncle Heavy

Chris

Sam

Paper Lady

Marv the Grate

Evangeline

Anne Robinson

Mund

the new Sam Wolf

Lady Almasy

God's Gift to Women

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¹ On the topic of GOO versus Alabaster, I am merely a Moderate. I find both work quite well and it's been a sort of lame pastime of mine to switch back and forth every few months or so.
² This word is written in the font "STOP." If on your computer screen it appears to be nothing more than "Times New Roman," I hate to say it but you're really missing out. If it makes you feel better, please help yourself to a .